Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Little Bardfield TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for Little Bardfield, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Little Bardfield
Do you work in villages like Little Bardfield?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which fire service covers Little Bardfield?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Little Bardfield. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes, and that’s how we prefer to work. The visit is timed for when the area isn’t in use, whether that is late evening, overnight or a weekend.
How often should grease be tested?
That varies with the kitchen’s daily use. BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months by daily use, and testing shows if your kitchen needs more.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and inspection, and an audit report gives you that, with recommendations where something needs doing.
How long does grease testing take?
Testing takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Sites with several canopies take longer, so give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will plan it.
TR19 inspection in Little Bardfield, done properly
Before any clean in Little Bardfield, we survey the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and grease readings are taken at set points. If you have an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean, we can put it right, from insurer audits, deposit thickness tests and wet film thickness tests onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Little Bardfield, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Little Bardfield (CM7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In healthcare and care settings, kitchens may run from early until late. Testing shows if the cleaning interval keeps pace.
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so panels can be added.
Towns and villages near Little Bardfield
What else we do in Little Bardfield
Common problems we fix in Little Bardfield
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It is not legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Look out for any of the following:
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
School kitchens, at schools like Great Bardfield Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Grease, kitchens and Little Bardfield
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Little Bardfield. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Little Bardfield sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Little Bardfield. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Horham Hall is about 4.5 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Katharine or anywhere around Little Bardfield, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Little Bardfield is about 6 miles north-east of Great Dunmow, in Essex. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Little Bardfield and the rest of Essex. We cover 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
We work across the CM7 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Great Bardfield (1 mile east), Finchingfield (2 miles north-east), Bardfield Saling (3 miles south-east), Wethersfield (3 miles east) and Crow's Green (4 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (15 miles south), Braintree (8 miles south-east), Witham (14 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (9 miles north-west), Halstead (10 miles east) and Great Dunmow (6 miles south-west).
Around Little Bardfield
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Bell Public House and the streets around them. The countryside around Little Bardfield includes West Wood.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Little Bardfield
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
The process
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Little Bardfield knowing what to expect.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen is not busy.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- The findings go into a report with readings, photos and a recommended next clean.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Little Bardfield
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
Why act early in Little Bardfield
Sites in Little Bardfield that have never measured grease cannot tell whether their cleaning interval suits the kitchen. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Little Bardfield
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- We are fully insured
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A written report with pictures after each visit
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.